Berger issues??

I don't get too obsessed over 100 yard groups with the heavy for caliber Bergers. I have experienced a couple rifles that shot less than impressive 100 yard groups but perform well under moa at 1000yds with the big bergers. One rifle was a Rem 300 ultra mag with the 210 berger, the other was a weatherby vangard 7mm RM with the 180 berger. Both rifles were averaging about 1moa at 100yds but are a solid .7 moa or better at 1000yds with the big Bergers. With lighter bullets, both these rifles were 1/2 moa at 100yds.

I play around with load tuning at 100yds using different powders, charge weights, seating depths etc until I find a combination that gives me the velocity, SD, decent groups, and then take it to the 1000yd line and see what I've really got working. I usually start at the max COAL that will fit in the mag and work shorter until I find a COAL where the rifle seems to be happy. I don't care for the single shot option and neither do the other hunters I reload for.

I have had good results with RL22, H1000, and Retumbo in the magnums that I reload for. RL22 seems to be the most forgiving of the three.

Keep adjusting your load and do more testing at 1000yds. That Savage should shoot!

The magazine boxes on my 7mmRM bolt rifles are only long enough for 3.34" OAL [ Mauser magazines that I had to mill out to get that long].

So I was shooting a single shot Ruger #1.

I killed three deer.

When we saw a heard of moving mule deer, three of us piled out of the truck. I got on my belly with a bi pod and took three shots at 380 yards to hit one in the shoulder. The other hunters with repeaters said it sounded like a machine gun, when I fired three quick shots from a single shot.

Give me something to think about when I start reloading with bergers. I heard a lot of good results from accubonds. thiers 180gr which My Dad shoots out of his 300wm browning a bolt. He did 4 shot groups under 1/2'' I also use accubonds for my 30-378 and I shot under 1/2'' and this was all factory loads. I think they do have 200 gr with 588BC accubonds if your looking for somthing on the heavier side with more BC. Just as an alternitive bullet if you have no luck with Bergers.

I defenatly wouldn't want to go deer hunting and have a grizzly bear charge my a%s and worry about me or someone else digging in thier pockets for another shell. Just my thoughts on saftey first...lol!

Have you looked into the wyatt extended box magazine??? I had to put one of those in my sender. If you have a dremel and some decent steel carving bits you should be able to do it yourself, I did mine and it was not hard at all.

The magazine boxes on my 7mmRM bolt rifles are only long enough for 3.34" OAL [ Mauser magazines that I had to mill out to get that long].

So I was shooting a single shot Ruger #1.

I killed three deer.

When we saw a heard of moving mule deer, three of us piled out of the truck. I got on my belly with a bi pod and took three shots at 380 yards to hit one in the shoulder. The other hunters with repeaters said it sounded like a machine gun, when I fired three quick shots from a single shot.

I have a savage mod 111 in 300wm. I got tired of shooting it single shot so i seated bullets in deep enough to fit in the clip. I then played with seating depth .005 at a time and found a sweet spot where they shoot just as good as they did loaded into the lands. I am glad I tried that even though everyone was saying they needed to be in the lands. I have not checked the distance off the lands because I just wanted them to fit in the clip, but I bet they are at least .150 off.